11.   After a brief speech by Ms. Daykin, the show begins.

12.   After a brief speech at the meeting, Castro left the conference in a huff, saying he was called away to urgent business in Cuba.

13.   Bush ascended to the convention center podium Sunday for a brief rehearsal of the brief speech he will deliver this evening.

14.   But in his brief speech, Chirac indicated that French participation would go further than that.

15.   But the nub of that brief speech, the parts that crowd will remember, touched on earlier days at other state fairs.

16.   Clinton began his California swing with a brief speech before local Democratic party officials and friends.

17.   Cowher said that every time he gambled on fourth-and-short situations, he made a brief speech to the defense on the sideline.

18.   During the player introductions, Brown made a brief speech.

19.   For the past several days Robbins has been working on a brief speech to be delivered Monday night in prime time at the Democratic National Convention.